Wings goalie Jonas Gustavsson keeps tabs on Calgary's Jiri Hudler, a former Wing, during the second period Wednesday night.

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E DMONTON, Alberta -- A team meeting segued into a team practice, then came a team lunch. The point could hardly have been driven home any more clearly: Without teamwork, the Red Wings aren't going anywhere.

They head into tonight's game against the Oilers eager to flush a loss at Calgary that was variously described as "disturbing, awful and embarrassing" because the Wings dominated the game only to have a few doozy mistakes cost them two points and leave them deflated as they moved on to Edmonton.

The sun came up, though, on Thursday -- figuratively not literally as clouds blanketed the city ...